Cocker, Edward (1631–1676)
| English engraver and teacher. His Cocker's Arithmetic, published posthumously in 1678 (confined to commercial questions only), was popular for nearly a century. ‘According to Cocker’ (meaning, in accordance with strict rule or reckoning) became a proverbial phrase. |
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